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Title: The Stavbrekka glide avalanche in Norway - evaluations after three years of monitoring: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Tore Humstad, Halgeir Dahle, Knut Inge Orset, Martin VenÃ¥s, Ingrid Skrede; Description: The Stavbrekka glide avalanche path, situated in the southern Norway mountain range, gives every spring a challenge to the seasonal opening of the tou...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.8.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, glide avalanche, monitoring, instrumentation; View additional details about The Stavbrekka glide avalanche in Norway - evaluations after three years of monitoring

Title: Monitoring the Stavbrekka Glide Avalanche: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Tore Humstad, Martin VenÃ¥s, Halgeir Dahle, Knut I. Orset, Ingrid Skrede; Description: The yearly Stavbrekka glide avalanche is problematic for the summer opening of the tourist road between Breidalen and Geiranger in Norway. Several eff...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.05.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, glide avalanche, monitoring, instrumentation; View additional details about Monitoring the Stavbrekka Glide Avalanche

Title: Evaluation of AvaTech SP2 for Snow Research and Snow Science Education: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Hans Peter Marshall; Description: This poster presents results from preliminary testing of the AvaTech SP2 for snow research and snow science education. The SP2 was used during a gradu...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.21.pdf; Keywords: instrumentation, penetrometer, hardness, snowmicropen; View additional details about Evaluation of AvaTech SP2 for Snow Research and Snow Science Education

Title: Detecting Avalanches Using Seismic Monitoring Systems: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Matthias Heck, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Meteorological, snowpack and avalanche activity data provide the essential building blocks for avalanche forecasting. While in recent decades the avai...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O5.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche monitoring, avalanche forecasting, seismic instrumentation, avalanche formation; View additional details about Detecting Avalanches Using Seismic Monitoring Systems

Title: Applications of Low Cost and Low Power FMCW Radar in the Snow Characterization ofDry Snow: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Santiago Rodriguez, Hans Peter Marshall, Pedro Rodriguez; Description: We developed a low cost and low power 10GHz and 25 GHz Microwave Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave radars performed tests in the Andean snowpack dur...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.52.pdf; Keywords: radar, stratigraphy, instrumentation; View additional details about Applications of Low Cost and Low Power FMCW Radar in the Snow Characterization ofDry Snow

Title: Monitoring Snowfall Events in Lombardia, Italy, by Specialized Observers Network and Advanced Remote Sensing Systems: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: O. Cazzuli, R. Cremonini, R.Grimaldelli, L. Craveri; Description: Real-time monitoring snowfall events in Po valley is often difficult due to fast temperature variations that change snow / rain limits. For this reaso...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-03.pdf; Keywords: instrumentation, monitoring, remote sensing; View additional details about Monitoring Snowfall Events in Lombardia, Italy, by Specialized Observers Network and Advanced Remote Sensing Systems

Title: Planned Instrumentation of Snow-Supporting Structures in Jackson, Wyoming: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Scott M. Merry, Joshua T. Hewes, Rand Decker; Description: United States (US) has limited experience and lacks approved design guidelines for the design and implementation of snow supporting structures (SSS). ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-10.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard mitigation, snow supporting structures, design guidelines, instrumentation; View additional details about Planned Instrumentation of Snow-Supporting Structures in Jackson, Wyoming

Title: Three Years Snownet Project Hafelekar/ Innsbruck: Date: 2009; Authors: Lambert Rammer, Matthias Granig; Description: This paper gives information about the results of three years Snow Net Project at the Hafelekar at 2250m a.s.l. above Innsbruck/ Tyrol, performed by t...; Object ID: issw-2009-0582-0586.pdf; Keywords: flexible avalanche protection, snow net systems, instrumentation, force monitoring, anchor tests, corrosion of wire ropes; View additional details about Three Years Snownet Project Hafelekar/ Innsbruck

Title: Helicopter-Based Microwave Radar Measurements in Alpine Terrain: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Hans-Peter Marshall, Karl Birkeland, Kelly Elder, Theo Meiners; Description: Due to the time-consuming nature of traditional snowpit measurements, and the large spatial variability that often exists in alpine snowpacks, tools w...; Object ID: P__8231.pdf; Keywords: snow instrumentation, snow remote sensing, radar, spatial variability; View additional details about Helicopter-Based Microwave Radar Measurements in Alpine Terrain

Title: Spatial Variability of the Snowpack: Experiences with Measurements at a Wide Range of Length Scales With Several Different High Precision Instruments: Date: 2006; Authors: Hans Peter Marshall, Gary Koh, Matthew Sturm, Jerome Johnson, Mike Demuth, Chris Landry, Jeff Deems, Andy Gleason; Description: Snow exhibits an extremely wide range of material properties over both short spatial as well as temporal scales compared with most other materials. Re...; Object ID: issw-2006-359-364.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, radar, penetrometer, snow depth, snow instrumentation; View additional details about Spatial Variability of the Snowpack: Experiences with Measurements at a Wide Range of Length Scales With Several Different High Precision Instruments

Title: The Driftometer: Date: 1996; Authors: Robert Bolognesi; Description: Wind can create even greater unstable accumulations of snow in mountainous areas than heavy snowfalls. But knowing wind conditions is not sufficient t...; Object ID: issw-1996-144-148.pdf; Keywords: snowdrift, local avalanche forecasting, instrumentation; View additional details about The Driftometer

Title: Avalanche Forecasting at Jackson Hole Ski Area: Date: 1976; Authors: J. Simms; Description: The responsibility of hazard forecasting and stability evaluation for the Jackson Hole Ski area falls upon the U.S. Forest Service Snow Rangers assign...; Object ID: issw-1976-077-086.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, hazard forecasting, instrumentation; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting at Jackson Hole Ski Area